Moncure Biddle (45 results)
Published by Moncure Biddle & Company, Philadelphia, 1945
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: T. W. Palmer Books, Eugene, OR, U.S.A.T. W. Palmer Books
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 20 x 14.5 cm, 49 pp., full color frontispiece , title page printed in red and black, dedication to his sons and their wives, at least seven other full color flower pictures plus black and white drawings, very light gray printed paper wrappers, dated Christmas day 1945, "M…rs Margaret Lloyd" written in pencil on Dedication page.
Published by Philadelphia, PA: Moncure Biddle & Co., December 25, 1944. December 25, 1944., 1944
- Softcover
Seller: Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd., Cadyville, NY, U.S.A.Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
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Condition: Very good. - Octavo, softcover bound in printed tan wraps. The edges of the wraps are darkened & lightly chipped & there are small circular stains & a light vertical stain to the front wrap. 56 pages. Illustrated in black-and-white with pictorial endpapers, 2 plates, including a portrait frontispiece, full-page illust…rations & vignettes in the text after engravings by Jacques Callot. The contents are very good. Laid in is the business card of Owen Biddle, Attorney-at-Law.
Published by Moncure Biddle & Company, Philadelphia, 1942
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Antiquarian Bookshop, Washington, DC, U.S.A.Antiquarian Bookshop
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Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. 63 pages; Clean and tight in original printed wrappers. Frontispiece and seven additional full page illustrations. Printed at the press of George Buchanan under the direction of Joseph A. Gutekunst. Moncure Biddle, from the famous Philadelphia Biddle family, was an investment banke…r. a famous bibliophile, a connoisseur of editions of the classics and, by reputation, an eccentric. During the 1940s he published an annual "Christmas Letter" on a topic of literary or bibliographic interest. This book, issued for Christmas 1942, addresses the work of George Borrow and is dedicated to the memory of John Poe.
Published by Moncure Biddle, Philadelphia, 1942
- Softcover
Seller: George Ong Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.George Ong Books
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Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. [i], 63 pp., illustrated, 8vo, edges untrimmed, tan wrappers. Near fine copy, minor chipping at foot of spine.
Published by Moncure Biddle & Co., Philadelphia, 1945
- Softcover
Seller: Barry Cassidy Rare Books, Sacramento, CA, U.S.A.Barry Cassidy Rare Books
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Soft cover. Condition: Collectible-Very Good. Paper wrapper, moderate chipping. Body of work clean and undamaged. Previous owners bookplate on front fly leaf. Introductory letter by author, dated Christmas 1946, laid in front. 49 pages with eight color and eight black and white botanical prints. Moncure Biddle (1882-1956) was a…Philadelphia investment banker, but was also known as a bibliophile and eccentric. This booklet, which apparently he sent to friends at Christmas time, discusses many books on the subject of flowers.
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: G.S. MacManus Co., ABAA, Bryn Mawr, PA, U.S.A.G.S. MacManus Co., ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerBIDDLE, Moncure. A Christmas Letter. Jacques Callot, Master Graver of Lorraine. Original printed wrappers. Phila.: Moncure Biddle & Co., 1944. First edition. Minor rubbing to spine, else fine.
Published by Moncure Biddle & Co, Philadelphia, 1940
- Softcover
Seller: BOOK2BUY, Lynbrook, NY, U.S.A.BOOK2BUY
Contact seller5-star sellerPaperback. Condition: Good. Paperback - clean, clean cover, no marks - from private collection.
Published by Moncure Biddle & Co., 1940
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Structure, Verses, Agency Books, Spray, OR, U.S.A.Structure, Verses, Agency Books
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Softcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear to the brown stapled, printed wraps. Plentiful black-and-white illustrations and a few in full color, including at frontis. 37 pp., printed on he…avy paper, quite fine.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.
Published by Moncure Biddle & Co, Philadelphia, 1939
- Softcover
Seller: BOOK2BUY, Lynbrook, NY, U.S.A.BOOK2BUY
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Published by Moncure Biddle and Co., Philadelphia, PA, 1945
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Saucony Book Shop, Kutztown, PA, U.S.A.Saucony Book Shop
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Original Wraps. Condition: VG+. First Edition. Tan paper wraps, lettered in black. Modestly soiled covers, extended edges a bit rubbed. 49 pp., illus. w/ b&w figures in text, 8 full page color plates. Text block and all plates clean and bright. Holiday keepsake annual. Scarce. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.
Published by Moncure Biddle & Co., Philadelphia, 1943
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Bruce Davidson Books, Arlington, MA, U.S.A.Bruce Davidson Books
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Original Wraps. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Some edgewear to the covers. Text pages are fine. (box 182). Book.
Published by Moncure Biddle, Philadelphia, 1945
- Softcover
Seller: Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABAA, ILAB), Bordentown, NJ, U.S.A.Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABAA, ILAB)
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Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. Limited ed. Octavo in slightly oversized buff stiff wrappers. Color frontispiece "Red and Wite Antwerp Raspsberries from Pomona Britannica by George Brookshaw, London, 1812". Title page printed in red and black. 49 pp.Printed at the Press of George H. Buchanan. Illustrated with additional color p…late and black and white reproductions from Brookshaw and other botanicals. The 1945 annual "Christmas Letter" gift books privately distributed by Biddle. Laid in is a typed postscript letter to friens concerning the production of this book. Near fine, edges of the slightly oversized wrappers a bit bumped.
- Hardcover
Seller: Visible Voice Books, Cleveland, OH, U.S.A.Visible Voice Books
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Condition: Very Good. Biddle, Moncure 1945 Binding: Hardcover.
- Softcover
- Signed
Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.John K King Used & Rare Books
Contact seller5-star sellerMoncure Biddle & Co: Philadelphia 1940. Illus, 8.25 x 5.75", wraps, 37pp, ink inscription, foldout detached at fold, covers spotted.
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: G.S. MacManus Co., ABAA, Bryn Mawr, PA, U.S.A.G.S. MacManus Co., ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerBIDDLE, Moncure. A Christmas Letter. George Borrow: Redivivous. Original printed wrappers. Phila.: Moncure Biddle & Co., 1942. First edition. Minor rubbing to spine, else fine.
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: G.S. MacManus Co., ABAA, Bryn Mawr, PA, U.S.A.G.S. MacManus Co., ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerBIDDLE, Moncure. A Christmas Letter: Some Flower Books and Their Makers. Original printed wrappers. Phila.: Moncure Biddle & Co., 1945. First edition. A very good or better copy.
Published by Moncure Biddle & Co, Philadelphia, 1939
- Softcover
Seller: Rosenlund Rare Books & Manuscripts, Basking Ridge, NJ, U.S.A.Rosenlund Rare Books & Manuscripts
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Original Wraps. Condition: Very Good. 33p. A privately printed bibliographical overview of early English translations of Horatius. A fresh clean copy printed on quality paper. Rather scarce.
Seller: Peter L. Masi - books, MONTAGUE, MA, U.S.A.Peter L. Masi - books
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1945. Copyright, 1946. Printed at Press of George H. Buchanan Co. 49 pages. 8 color plates, many illustrations. 8x5.75", printed stiff paper. Library bookplate & rubberstamps, edges worn, else VG.
Published by 8vo, 20.5cm, 33p + inserted plates, Philadelphia: Moncure Biddle 7 Co., 1939., 1939
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Collinge & Clark, London, United KingdomCollinge & Clark
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Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Set in Caslon and printed in red and black on good quality paper at the Press of George H. Buchanan. Inserted black-and-white plates. Overlapping buff paper wrappers, titled in black. A fine copy.
Published by Moncure Biddle & Co, Philadelphia, 1937
- Softcover
Seller: BOOK2BUY, Lynbrook, NY, U.S.A.BOOK2BUY
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Published by Moncure Biddle & Co, Philadelphia, 1938
- Softcover
Seller: BOOK2BUY, Lynbrook, NY, U.S.A.BOOK2BUY
Contact seller5-star sellerPaperback. Condition: Good. Paperback - clean, clean cover, no marks - from private collection.
- First Edition
Seller: G.S. MacManus Co., ABAA, Bryn Mawr, PA, U.S.A.G.S. MacManus Co., ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerBIDDLE, Moncure. A Christmas Letter. Witches and Warlocks. Phila.: Moncure Biddle & Co., 1943. First edition. Fine.
Published by Philadelphia: Moncure Biddle & Co, [1941]., 1941
Seller: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.Wittenborn Art Books
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Good. 8vo. [62 pp.]. Very Good. Soft covers. Pages fine. Illustrated in B&W throughout. Moncure Biddle, a Philadelphia book collector, published a series of Christmas Letters, small books on book topics: bookbinding, collecting, etc.
Published by Philadelphia: Moncure Biddle & Co, [1944]., 1944
Seller: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.Wittenborn Art Books
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Good. 8vo. [56 pp.]. Very Good. Soft covers. Minor soiling on covers. Pages fine. Illustrated in B&W throughout. Moncure Biddle, a Philadelphia book collector, published a series of Christmas Letters, small books on book topics: bookbinding, collecting, etc.
Published by Philadelphia: Moncure Biddle & Co, [1939]., 1939
Seller: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.Wittenborn Art Books
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Good. 8vo. [62 pp.]. Very Good. Soft covers. Pages fine. Illustrated in B&W throughout. Moncure Biddle, a Philadelphia book collector, published a series of Christmas Letters, small books on book topics: bookbinding, collecting, etc.
Published by Philadelphia: Moncure Biddle & Co, [1942]., 1942
Seller: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.Wittenborn Art Books
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Good. 8vo. [62 pp.]. Very Good. Soft covers. Pages fine. Illustrated in B&W throughout. Moncure Biddle, a Philadelphia book collector, published a series of Christmas Letters, small books on book topics: bookbinding, collecting, etc.
Published by Moncure Biddle & Co, Philadelphia, PA, 1943
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Lux Mentis, Booksellers, ABAA/ILAB, Portland, ME, U.S.A.Lux Mentis, Booksellers, ABAA/ILAB
Contact seller5-star sellerOriginal Wraps. Condition: Very Good+ in Wraps. dj. First Edition. First Edition. Original Wraps. Moncure Biddle, from the famous Philadelphia Biddle family, was an investment banker. a famous bibliophile, a connoisseur of editions of the classics and, by reputation, an eccentric. During the 1940s, he published an annual "Christ…mas Letter" on a topic of literary or bibliographic interest. A wartime treatise on witches. Minimal shelfwear, light toning, foxing, else tight, bright, and unmarred. Tan wrappers with black titling. 4to. 61pp. Illus. (b/w).
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: G.S. MacManus Co., ABAA, Bryn Mawr, PA, U.S.A.G.S. MacManus Co., ABAA
Contact seller5-star seller(BORROW, GEORGE). BIDDLE, Moncure. A Christmas Letter. George Borrow: The Early Years. Frontis. portrait. Original printed wrappers. Philadelphia: Moncure Biddle & Co., 1941. First edition. Very good.
- Softcover
Seller: G.S. MacManus Co., ABAA, Bryn Mawr, PA, U.S.A.G.S. MacManus Co., ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerBIDDLE, Moncure. A Christmas Letter. The Gypsies: Romans from Little Egypt, December 25, 1940. Original wrappers. Philadelphia: Moncure Biddle & Co., 1940. 37pp. Frontis., illus. Slight scuffing on wrappers, else very good or better.
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: G.S. MacManus Co., ABAA, Bryn Mawr, PA, U.S.A.G.S. MacManus Co., ABAA
Contact seller5-star seller(BORROW, GEORGE). BIDDLE, Moncure. A Christmas Letter. George Borrow: Redivivous. Orig. wrappers. Phila.: Moncure Biddle & Co., 1942. First edition. A very good copy.
